Some basic biology i’ve learned is that inbreeding causes problems because the genes aren’t diverse enough, but insects breed with what’s essentially their mother. How does that work?
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Check out how many offpsring most insects have. Hundreds upon hundreds sometimes. For some good examples there are like 2 million ants per person on Earth, and like 8 million flys per person on Earth. That is a *lot* of mixing of different genetics. I know you mentioned bees but most young queen bees will go off to form a hive and find a drone from another hive, and the offspring they have is infertile.
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